July 16, 2021. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Christmas in July.

When we first moved to Bethesdaa, Maryland at the end of June, 1970, the classical radio station played Christmas music all day and night for the month of July. Perhaps it was August. But I liked hearing all those Christmas carols during the heat of the summer. I actually enjoyed the Christmas music more in July than December. I was reminded of Christmas in July when friend David told me that his family will celebrate Christmas this Saturday. His daughter and her family live in New Brunswick, which is the adjacent province to Nova Scotia. But the border between the two provinces stayed closed during the whole Covid mess. All the gifts were wrapped but the family was unable to visit each other for Christmas. So the family will celebrate Christmas in July. David has rented a cabin for his daughter's family in Greenfield and all the family members will gather from Halifax, Liverpool and Greenfield. First they will open gifts. But instead of going cross country skiing on December 25, they will all go swimming in Ponhook Lake on July 17. Then they will eat their traditional Chrismas dinner of turkey and all the trimmings. David is cooking the turkey, which he says is the easiest part of the meal. The whole day sound like fun to me. Finally, the grandchildren will receive their Christmas gifts both from Santa and also the grandparents. Pretty nice.